Dear Editor:

The People鈥檚 Party of Canada had several of their signs broken or defaced recently in our riding.

Some of the signs were painted with a stencilled message 鈥淔ASCIST鈥� over the name of the candidate, indicating a preplanned action rather than just random graffiti.

The People鈥檚 Party has had that fascist label thrown at it before but this label is inaccurate.

The party鈥檚 core principles are individual freedom, personal responsibility, fairness and respect.

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These are not just words, but commitments.

The very term fascist connotes yielding personal freedom for the greater good of the state; this is diametrically opposite to the PPC鈥檚 fundamental beliefs.

Compare the PPC鈥檚 policies to the other parties and ask yourself which of the parties displays the trappings of the fascists (per Webster鈥檚 dictionary: centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation of business and commerce and forcible suppression of their opposition and criticism.)

Destruction of PPC signs is a clear suppression of opposition. So too was the initial decision to exclude the PPC leader, Maxime Bernier, from the debates.

Voters should inform themselves of the platform of the People鈥檚 Party and of their local candidate, Allan Duncan in order to understand how they differ from the traditional parties.

PPC does indeed propose to make big changes to Canada鈥檚 political structure (including smaller government, freedom of expression, control of government spending, rejection of climate alarmism, regulation of immigration and rejection of globalism) but these are definitely not, in any way, fascist.

Quite the opposite.

Mark Marischuk

Summerland

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